Carved without metal – Sculpté sans metal

©R. Bourdeix, 2021, section CCSHC.

For illustrating this section, we can produce on request at least three large size HD poster (up to 180x100 cm in size). These posters should be adapted to each country, on a case-by-case basis, in order to prominently feature locally produced coconut products. It is also possible to buy or rent items from the personal collection of Dr R. Bourdeix.

From Hainan Island, China

There are so many beautiful objects and so many different styles in this section that it is possible to make either a generalist poster or at least three different posters. 

There is the work of craftsmen from the island of Hainan in China, the nuts carved in lace from Indonesia, the small Papuan nuts which were often used as containers for betel, the very diverse nuts and characters from India and Sri Lanka, the old walnuts carved by European convicts; Pacific carved coconuts... A poster could also be dedicated to animals carved in coconut shells.



From India